Originally Posted by Quiltbeagle
Way to go! If someone told me it was just "cut off and hem it" I'd invite them over to use my machine. If they said they didn't know how to use a machine I'd just say to them that "you just sit and press the pedal". LOL !
I love that last line!
Just love it!
Saying 'No' should always be an option. One of my relatives used to have a lot of 'little favors' to ask: "Can you just do this?" (The 'just' meaning that no reasonable person would refuse.) One day, I was late for work after I watched her children 'just for an hour', which turned into four.
I discovered the word 'No' when only a short while later she refused to let me use her sewing machine for a tiny job. (I did not have one at the time.)
I have issued very simple 'No' answers without explanation ever since. She did ask me why I was "so inconsiderate".
To her chagrin I can say more than 'No'.